Crack in Edo APC as 2 guber aspirants reject primary results

Two governorship aspirants of the APC in Edo State; Barr. Ken Imasuagbon and Engr. Chris Ogiemwhonyi have rejected the result of the party primary held in the state on Saturday.

Speaking at a joint news conference at the Chris Ogiemwhonyi campaign office in Benin, the two aspirants said that contrary to reports, Godwin Obaseki never won the primaries.

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They said the figures given in favour of Obaseki were generated and not a true representation of voting.

It could be recalled that the two aspirants stormed out of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, venue of the primaries before the counting of votes were concluded.

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